Carol Burnett|CBS Photo Archive Although The Carol Burnett Show could’ve kept going, Burnett canceled it in 1978. In a 1986 interview with UPI, she said she wanted to end the show on her terms.

Carol Burnett won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in October. The award ceremony will be broadcast on PBS Sunday, Nov. 24. Fresh Air's Terry Gross interviewed Burnett in 2003.

Her movies include A Wedding, The Four Seasons and Annie . Fresh Air 's Terry Gross interviewed Burnett in 2003, after a new edition of her 1986 memoir, One More Time, was published.